ACP Plan

Education for Employment: Our Vision

Education for Employment (E4E) or PI-26 is legislation that requires Academic and Career Planning to take place in all public schools in the State of Wisconsin. The main objectives include:

• Prepare all students for future employment • Ensure technical literacy to promote lifelong learning• Promote good citizenship• Promote cooperation among business, industry, labor, post-secondary schools, and public schools • Establish a role for public schools in the economic development of Wisconsin

E4E is a school district program designed to build students’ skills for workforce readiness. Through its implementation the program authentically engages students in developing their future identity to support their personal growth and achieve their career aspirations by providing meaningful experiences and making learning connections to build confidence, gain focus, and develop passion that informs their career pathway.

The focus of the MTSD E4E plan is to align current systems and strategically institute improved services to engage our staff in supporting students by developing their sense of internal motivation and nurturing a vision for their future so that all students graduate with a sense of purpose, capable of taking advantage of the vast opportunities to reach their career aspirations.

This plan has been created to help staff, students, parents and community members understand how E4E programming and services are implemented in the MTSD.

The Mequon-Thiensville School District's ACP Plan

In Section 1 of the E4E plan, local, regional, state, national and international labor markets are explored. Additionally, the education and training for occupations that fill these labor market needs are evaluated. An understanding of the labor market is the first stage of the creation of the plan.

In Section 2, a comprehensive K-12 career development curriculum is evaluated and implemented. Throughout the curriculum, self-awareness, career exploration and career pathway decision-making are explored. The comprehensive curriculum is an integral phase within the plan.

WI PI 26.03 Requirement

MTSD Objective

Current State

Progress Measurement

Planning for
2017-2021

Provide career awareness at
the elementary school
levels. Specifically:

Why people work.

The conditions under
which people work.

The levels of training
and education
needed for work.

Common
expectations for
employees in the
workplace.

How expectations at
school are related to
expectations in the
world of work.

By completion of the 5th
grade, students will
understand that there is a
wide variety of opportunities
available in their future and
that it takes hard work,
education, and training to do
them well.

Students will also
understand that they are
uniquely designed.
Students will discover how
their strengths, interests and
personality traits coincide
with future career choices.

The specific expectations
outlined in PI.26 are
satisfied by the
elementary school
counseling curriculum
and through the Junior
Achievement Program
delivered annually 4K
through 5th grade.

Please refer to the
following web page which
documents the
elementary school
counseling career
curriculum.

During high school, all students will research post- secondary options, revise their course plan to include an alignment to post-secondary education/ training, understand the relevance of assessments, and prepare for their transition to life after high school.

• Students take a career interest inventory in
Family Connection freshman and sophomore year.

•During the Sophomore student/parent conference,
the career interest inventory results are explored
and post-secondary planning begins.

•ACT Aspire scores are used to determine
appropriate course selection and ACT preparation.

•Fall Career Fest program at Concordia.

•Career and service-based coursework available
in: CNA and Apprenticeship programs.

•AP/dual-enrollment courses offered to help
students earn college credit in high school.

Grades 6-12 Academic and Career Planning Implementation is provided for the 2017-18 school year. This portion of the plan is designed to engage all students in designing individual career plans based on their interests and aptitudes.

WI PI 26.03
Requirement

MTSD Objective

Current State

Progress
Measurement

Planning for
2017-2021

Implement a
process to
support students
in the
development and
revision of their
ACP.

ACP is a (6-12) school district program
designed to build students’ understanding of
what career options are available to them.

ACP focuses on students:

Knowing themselves (strengths,
weaknesses, likes and dislikes)

Exploring career options/clusters

Plan creation based on personal
goal setting

Execution of the plan, making
adjustments along the way

Through its implementation ACP
authentically engages students in
developing their future identity to support
their personal growth and achieve their
career aspirations by providing meaningful
experiences and making learning
connections to build confidence, gain focus,
and develop passion that informs their
career pathway.

The focus of the MTSD’s ACP plan is to
align current systems and strategically
institute improved services to engage our
staff in supporting students by developing
their sense of internal motivation and
nurturing a vision for their future so that all
students graduate with a sense of purpose,
capable of taking advantage of the vast
opportunities to reach their career
aspirations.

Students will use Family
Connections to complete
career cluster inventories
annually and results will be
stored.

Students will engage in group
and individual conferences
with their personal counselor.

Employability Skills

Annual Student
Survey

The ACP scope
and sequence
is reviewed
annually as
part of our
continuous
improvement
processes.

In Section 5, stakeholder engagements are identified. Students, faculty, parents and community members are critical components of the plan. Stakeholder engagement assures the process is implemented with fidelity and viewed as a vital element of the comprehensive college and career readiness educational experience.

WI PI 26.03
Requirement

MTSD Objective

Current State

Progress
Measurement

Planning for 2017-2021

Provide
professional
development to
staff to deliver
ACP in grades
6-12.

The ACP Coordinator will
ensure that all staff
understand the value of ACP
in relation to the Vision of
the Graduate, can
communicate it clearly, and
understand how to connect
students and their families to
resources that can help
inform a student’s ACP.

Academic & Career Planning Coordinator, will
engage with staff in 6-12 buildings around the
purpose and initial implementation of ACP.

ACP coordinator will develop and offer support
around PPG opportunities for staff at the PPG
Marketplace.

Development of Career Day in all 6-12
buildings.

Annual ACP
staff survey

We will be developing a
strategy for onboarding
new staff that have not yet
received any professional
learning associated with
ACP. This will be in place
prior to the onset of the
2018-19 school year.

Implement a
process to
regularly engage
parents in ACP.

The MTSD will provide ACP
programs and services that
are valued by parents and
help them to better
understand and support their
student’s goals and action
plans.

•Evening programs or conference workshops
are offered to parents of 10th, 11th and 12th
graders outlining all available student services,
including implementation of ACP.

•10th grade parents are formally invited to
attend an individual parent/student post high
school conference.

•All parents are given their own account on
family connection so they can access the
services and monitor/view their child’s portfolio.

•Parents are given Infinite Campus access to
monitor grades and view the 4 year academic
planner.

•Individual conferences available on an as
needed basis throughout the school year.

Annual ACP
parent survey

Parent usage
reports can be
run on Family
Connection

Parent and student focus
groups help to inform the
ongoing communication
plan for ACP.